Six Fold Ranch LLC

Six Fold Ranch LLC We raise the heritage breed Scottish Highland Cattle. AHCA registered. Beef & Breeding stock.

04/20/2026

(PART 6)

In January we got our certificate of occupancy for the home we built together. Although not 100% done we have thoroughly been enjoying the normalcy of living in a house with a REAL kitchen. I wouldn’t change any of the last 5 years but I guess you could say I finally feel like I can breathe and I’m loving life again. That feels hard to say when it seems the world around us is falling apart if you know what I mean.

All this rambling to say I have so many goals and dreams for SFR. I appreciate everyone who has supported us, stuck around, and hung on for the ride! Don’t forget that dream you’ve been dreaming of was planted on your heart for a reason. Pursue it.

04/20/2026

(PART 5)
Anyway back on track with the story.

In 2023 we started the house build with no contractors. Just the two of us. One competent in building and the other willing to do labor. All 5 kids literally at our sides. No babysitters. One year olds and three year olds dragging 2x4s and 2x6s. Some of the longest and most exhausting days of my life being a mom while simultaneously being my husband’s only laborer. Many days I just wanted to be a normal person and be in debt up to my ears but pay someone to build the damn thing. Not really but I was honestly so exhausted and worn down moving to a small town trying to be apart of the community (small towns either welcome you with loving arms or they don’t—no in between. It’s funny when you were born and raised in Idaho and someone not originally from here is suddenly offended you moved to their town) trying to grow our business, taking care of livestock, raising our children, giving them some normalcy, building livestock infrastructure, building a home.

I lost focus. I had lost myself over the years. I had to step back from growing this business to maintenance. Water what we have now and inevitably it will grow. Our fold will get to the size we would like with time. The projects will get done. It may not be on the timeline I would like but that’s okay. A friend once told us “let whatever you do today be enough” and that stuck. Two years ago I committed to prioritizing me again and have lost 50 pounds and counting. I’ve stayed consistent just as I’ve stayed consistent over the years in feeding this dream of ours. Growth is not linear. It’s also uncomfortable. It sucks most of the time.

04/20/2026

(PART 4)

That brings me to how hard it is sometimes to watch others build something seemingly overnight that you’ve been working for years to build. It is hard to remember not all of our stories are the same. I know I’ve struggled these last 5 years while everything felt stagnant. Those same years I’ve struggled with imposter syndrome. You know the ranching community has this vision (what kind of cows, how a person dresses, I’m a woman in agriculture-under 40 nonetheless-etc) of what they consider ranching. Scottish Highlands aren’t it—although they were one of the original cattle breeds and their black cows most likely originated from them. Sometimes it just never feels like enough. Not the right kind of cattle. Not enough cattle. Don’t dress the part. I’m not a 55 year old man who wears wranglers. I’m not 6th generation.

You know though our whole goal is to be different. Ranching is a dying breed. I don’t want to be in debt. I don’t want my children’s only solution to be to sell everything we have when I die. I want to ride the waves of the good years and the bad all the same. Drought? It’s okay because our pasture can handle it. I want to focus on soil health and regenerative agriculture. That seems like such an annoying word these days because it has become a buzz word in the world of agriculture. My focus is healthy soil makes healthy cattle and healthy cattle makes healthy beef.

04/20/2026

(PART 3)
God stepped in…

Through family I would say we aren’t typically in close contact with we got us in touch with an amazing family looking to rent out their home and willing to do so to get us through winter into the spring. The rental home got us through our first Fairfield winter. We even welcomed our 5th baby there. We moved out in April of 2022 to live in the RV in our shop on the property we’d build our home that Spring. Or so I thought. Danyon had been crunching numbers all winter and it just didn’t make sense with the rate on inflation to start that Spring. He informed me we’d wait until Spring of 2023. Again, I was an utter mess. Newly postpartum, longing for a home, and some normalcy.

We went on that year and did what we could as far as adding infrastructure. Building a barn and corrals. The corrals were not what we wanted for long term but would do until the cash and priority came to change them out. We run this place paying cash for it all. If pipe rail doesn’t fit the budget then wood will do until we can change it. We’re building for long term something to pass down to our children without passing down the debt of owning a ranch. I’d love to have a bigger tractor so we can bale our own hay on our property instead of paying to have it done, to own my dream chute set up, or a side by side to drive in the fields to move my cows but instead we have an old paid for Honda Pilot beat to all heck that’ll do.

04/20/2026

(PART 2)
We had accepted an offer on our home in 24 hours with a ten day close. It was only a couple weeks after closing I found out I was pregnant with baby 5. I was a mess. God bless my husband. We still had our second bare land property to sell which was a whole disaster story in itself. We were moving to a small rural town where we didn’t know a soul, still hadn’t built our shop we planned to live in for the winter, the metal building being manufactured kept getting delayed (I’m talking months…) It all felt like a complete disaster.

Funny tidbit—if you know us personally you know my husband moved to a small town to know everyone and I moved to a small town to get away from everyone. He’s more golden retriever and I’m more black cat energy. 😆

04/20/2026

(PART 1)

Whoa! It’s been awhile but I thought I’d share a bit more of our story and what’s been on my heart lately. After all that’s why I originally started this page—to share our story of first generation ranching as the sole builders of it all. I was going to start a substack because this is the shortened version but let’s be honest I don’t have the mental capacity to learn a new social media app. I’m sure the majority of the population agrees.

Here it goes!

It has been almost 5 years since selling our piece of property that started it all for us. The one where we fell in love with Scottish Highlands. The one where we grew our family from four to six. Where so many lessons were learned.

We have so much to reflect on the last 5 years since taking the biggest risk of our lives. Selling everything we’d built to ultimately start over with more land. We sold half of our fold to make the move—only for Scottish Highlands to skyrocket shortly thereafter.. Our plan of growing our fold once we settled at the new place started to feel extremely defeating. Hay prices at the time were outrageous. Inflation on life in general. It all felt like a huge weight on our shoulders making me question if we were doing the right thing.

04/06/2026

SPRING 2026 CALF UPDATE:

We had our first calf hit the ground this last week. I will be selling some heifers this year after retaining everyone last year. I am updating our list for those interested in purchasing an AHCA calf come weaning time in the Fall.

I may soon have a coming two year old for sale as well.

*Please understand that purchasing a registered Highland is an investment. In today’s day of market truly any cattle are.

*In order to officially reserve/ claim your calf we do require a deposit and contract to assure we’re not left high and dry in the Fall.

If you have been looking for quality breeding stock and ready to make an investment into Scottish Highlands PM me for pricing!

12/11/2025

We were picking up cabinets yesterday! Scott worked last night and today to get them installed. Over 4.5 years of waiting for this moment and as Gavin says “it finally feels like a REAL house!” We hope to finish everything up and be in for Christmas.

Guess what we’re up to this week?! Hint: it’s not moving 😆
12/09/2025

Guess what we’re up to this week?! Hint: it’s not moving 😆

11/30/2025

Long time no post!

It’s been a busy summer and fall. Hopefully, I’ll be back consistently after the new year.

We recently had an awful experience with a Shepherd/ LGD / Sheep outfit. I am extremely disappointed to say the least but I’ll spare the details.

So, I thought I’d come here to say that these dogs are an asset to a livestock operation. They put in the work around the clock to keep predators away. Barking is their first line of defense. They’re not mean or aggressive unless it’s a last ditch effort. They’re submissive to livestock. They are hard headed and take so much dedication to train but they view you as their teammate. Once you learn that life becomes a lot easier. If you treat them right they’ll end up being the most loyal dog you’ve ever owned. Idaho laws need to do better and protect LGDs just the same as your household pet. 🤍

Willow wouldn’t eat yesterday but look at how fast she turned around to “cat food.” 🤣

Also, don’t judge her butt/tail haircut because she broke our clippers so we went with sheep shears because she refuses to have her butt brushed out.

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Fairfield, ID

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